Using Comments to Get Linkbacks
Jul 6th, 2007 by Lewis 13 Comments
After reading a few popular blogs I was surprised by the number of comments that were being posted by the same 10 or 20 people. For a little while I didn’t realize why people were so dedicated to making their opinions heard (although I wouldn’t be a blogger if that wasn’t the case.) Most of the time the comments were just simple “I agree” or “Great post” but there were lots of them.
As I thought about it more, I realized that those bloggers that can get into the top 5 or 10 commentators receive a free link back from sites highly ranked by Google. If you look to the sidebar on this blog you can see the Top Commentators box - a plugin available through WordPress. At the time of this post the following top 5 commentators are listed:
I thought about writing this posting today because a fellow John Chow reader called A Video A Day left a great posting. She said:
i’m poor but i still get link love by being a top commentator
As a strategy this can be a very effective way to generate some traffic for your site and receive a higher ranking through Google. These are not paid advertisements or links; however, they will receive the same level of importance as a paid linkback! Just think, if you can spend 15 minutes a day commenting on other people’s blogs you will get the same value as people who currently spend $100 or more a week.
The important thing to do is to find blogs with the Top Commentators or a similar titled section. Make a few postings (depending on the popularity it may be 3 or 4 a day) and let Google do the rest. I have started using this strategy and it seems to be working. My next step is going to be to find some smaller sites that maybe require 1 or 2 postings a week for a top spot. I also want bloggers who respect the people who leave comments. See Shout Out To The Top Commentators by John Chow for a great way to pay back your readers.
I look forward to seeing your comments here on this post. If you get in the top 10 then there’s one more link back to your site!
If you liked this post, buy me a coffee!(so I can stay up late and keep writing)
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Wow! I’m a Top Commentators here too. And I only got 1 post
Thanks for backlink.
I only accept the best!
Yup that’s right. Every top commentator could receive the same amount of link back which equivalence to any paid links.
Anyway, thanks for listing me up for the top 5 commentator.
Thanks for the Link Juice………..
Now U know the comment secret…….
Thanks for the Link and comment on my site.
Plus while commenting One gets to learn also.
Good Luck
Vijay
Great Point! I have just started blogging myself and use comments as a strategy to get link backs. Keep up the good work!
Hey Lewis!! I see you spreading all over the internet as well! How you gonna have yourself listed as a top commentator on your own site!! Filter that out and let one of your other viewers get some love too!
Lol. Bet you didn’t know you’d make the front page AND the top commentators list with that comment did you Coolio?
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Im going to have to start doing this. Its hard to be at the top in a google search. It also seems that my ranking changes daily
I think it is a good way of giving some credit to anyone who contribute more to any blog post. But we all need to make some knowledgeable comments to benefit internet community otherwise it will be dominated by spammer and scammer.
The top commentator is still one of my favorite plugins, now only if I can get the Better Comments plugin to work properly,